Deadly venomous snakes of Africa - Gaboon viper, Puff adder, Rhinoceros viper, venom extraction

[@CFarnwide]

Matej and Zuzana have some of the most amazing footage… I’d rank it up there with the quality of National Geographic and Animal Planet. Just stunning!

[@LivingZoology]

Thank you so much! 🙏❤️We appreciate this a lot!

[@pumpkinchow]

They should definitely have their own show on both animal planet and nat. geo just saying

[@livius4278]

Can’t wait for your video !!!

[@LivingZoology]

Awesome! 🙂

[@MrBobconner1952]

The intricate camouflage these guys have is absolutely gorgeous. Refraining from picking them up to examine them closer would be a very difficult test of will power. Awesome video, as always.

[@samuelkundael3503]

The camouflage of the gaboon viper especially when it is in it's habitat is on another level. I went to a snake park with a group and we were told to try spot the snake. I look for a long time and trust me, I spotted the awkward head thinking that it was a leaf at first but later decided to use it's back as reference. LOL, if it was in the wild I would have been bitten as I said that there is 1 snake but in fact there were 3

[@LivingZoology]

Thank you! Please watch other episodes too! m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/rHnXnmitdr-agpI and m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/bZS4mH95ja-Si8U

[@LivingZoology]

Their camoflage is awesome! It so difficult to find them!

[@u98112]

That intricate camouflage is the reason why this antivenom is desparately needed !

[@fearnotreptiles5151]

Definitely a great video. You guys are definitely good at making videos. Keep up the good work and have a great day.

[@LivingZoology]

Thanks so much! We try to do great videos about snakes! 🙂🐍

[@tonigray2319]

You guys need to be on animal planet and have an hour long show

[@LivingZoology]

Thank you that you think so! 🙏🙂

[@tonigray2319]

@@LivingZoology you guys put out the best videos on KZbin

[@LivingZoology]

@@tonigray2319 Thank you so much! 🙏🙂

[@ParistheParasaurolophus]

Great video! Those are some beautiful footages.

[@LivingZoology]

Thank you very much! Great that you love this video 🙂

[@ganeskmr]

Thank u very much for the another fantastic video, u r previous Live Stream is nice. thanks.

[@LivingZoology]

Most welcome 😊

[@connienowak298]

I was overjoyed to see my favorite sneks. Their coloration is magnificent. Their geometric patterns are so elegant. The Gabon Viper fools you. They behave so sluggishly, then WHAM! you're in a world of pain. Absolute pain delivered with 2 inch fangs. And that venom will dissolve flesh even if you get to the hospital in time. I don't have a snek hobby, don't collect them. (I like rodents.) If I was so inclined, as well as wealthy, the sneks you covered today in your video would be in my collection. Plus the adders. Thanks for the video!!

[@LivingZoology]

Thank you for watching! These snakes are absolutely beautiful! As you say, they are not the fastest, but they strike with an amazing speed!

[@MrGriser]

The Gaboon Viper is the friendliest of these snakes!

[@LivingZoology]

Yes, we agree! It is the calmest species of these three.

[@coraltown1]

I admire those dedicated workers getting the venom. Excellent video!

[@LivingZoology]

Thank you very much for watching!

[@nagitarze62]

Great video thank you! Fascinating, and scary, to see how well-camouflaged the species are. I'm full of admiration for those such as the Snake Farm staff, and yourselves, who work so calmly and professionally with such potentially dangerous creatures.

[@LivingZoology]

Thank you very much! It is difficult to find these snakes as they are greatly camouflaged, but working with them is easier than with big elapids.

[@livius4278]

Great video ! Thank you!

[@LivingZoology]

Glad you liked it! Thank you!

[@RM-mm4jr]

Another great vid. Thanks ♥️

[@LivingZoology]

You are so welcome, great that you love this one! 🙂

[@FinalLifeForm]

Excellent video. Very educational about the milking process. They use good practices and are mindful of the the snakes’ well being.

[@LivingZoology]

Thanks a lot! 🙏 Great that you love the part about milking too!

[@emilemontiere6128]

Another amazing video of these wonderful vipers. Thank you. Are there many cases of Rhino bites?

[@LivingZoology]

It is so great that you love this video and also other videos we create! :)

[@jaimeortega4940]

GREAT CAMERAWORK AT 4K! Fantastic!

[@LivingZoology]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you! 🙂

[@SteveSJDR]

Fantastic footage, Gaboon vipers are my favourite snakes.

[@LivingZoology]

Thank you very much!

[@pumpkinchow]

I was definitely looking forward to watching this video because it’s got 3 of my favorite venomous snake species 🙌so thank you for filming this and sharing. I always enjoy learning new things and your videos are always great. I hope you and your husband have a great day and wish you all the best just stay safe and have fun and keep up the great work 🙋‍♂️✌️

[@LivingZoology]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you from both of us, Matej and Zuzana :) We really love this job and we hope we can continue doing it for a long time. Snakes and wild animals in general are a great inspiration for us and we love to educate people about them!

[@masterbuilderproductions]

I always find it funny that the heavy and very venomous snakes in Africa move like inchworms 😂

[@LivingZoology]

Yes, it is a cool way of moving! Thank you for watching!

[@GodsFirmament]

Love from Canada 🇨🇦❤

[@LivingZoology]

Thank you for watching, love from the Czech Republic ❤️🇨🇿

[@Michaelkaydee]

I'm Kenyan and didn't know we had a Kenya Horned Viper .... always learning new things from your channel 🙂

[@LivingZoology]

That is awesome! We will create a whole video about the species :)

[@Chips635]

Your channel is so good there are so much pretty snakes on it and stuff I subbed

[@LivingZoology]

Thank you so much for subscribing!

[@Michaelkaydee]

One of my most interesting trips was to that Watamu snake farm... learned so much and enjoyed handling the rock python with my then 7 year old son ... he adopted a turtle too 😊

[@LivingZoology]

Great that you visited Watamu! We are sure it was a great experience!

[@deshaunbethea5254]

+Living Zoology This is really and beautifully amazing. Keep up the good work with further of Africa’s iconic snakes and other species from the continent.

[@LivingZoology]

Thank you! Please watch other episodes too! m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/rHnXnmitdr-agpI and m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/bZS4mH95ja-Si8U

[@deshaunbethea5254]

@@LivingZoology Before I’m gonna watch them, are these videos with snakes are also from Africa? Because I only love African snakes and their wildlife better!

[@LivingZoology]

@@deshaunbethea5254 Yes, the other episodes are also about snakes from Africa! 🙂

[@deshaunbethea5254]

@@LivingZoology Cool and thank you. Also are gonna mountain gorillas of Uganda’s Bwindi impenetrable forest again like you did before 5 years ago back in 2018?

[@TreyBlogHD]

Those Eastern Gaboon Vipers though WOOOOOOO 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@LivingZoology]

Thanks for watching!

[@jannooosthuizen6588]

Hey, from South Africa. Love the videos

[@LivingZoology]

Thank you very much! Greetings from the Czech Republic!

[@mcoffroadinaz4075]

Very cool.. not many times have you shown the snakes catching prey.

[@LivingZoology]

Thank you! Try to watch this video: m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/aZukiYSGatp3iNk

[@nassunarhania]

This video is just amazing, knowledge is power, some people have fear of these peaceful animal, because they think that these snakes always want to bite, snakes they are just defensing them self, for example if someone wants to beat you , you will definitely defend your self the same as snakes.

[@LivingZoology]

Thank you for watching, we agree that snakes are peaceful animals and always try to avoid any conflict with people.

[@spokenme08]

I love Bitis (the taxonomists had fun that day) but they scare me.That camoflage is amazing.

[@LivingZoology]

We agree that these vipers are amazing, their camouflage is great!

[@TheGForceJunkie]

It's very dangerous to grab a gaboon viper behind his big head. They will bite through their skin because of their long teeth. Amazing, educational footage as always

[@LivingZoology]

Thank you for watching! Yes, it is important to know how to hold these snakes during milking.

[@pumpkinchow]

Not to be rude but I think you mean fangs not teeth 🤷‍♂️

[@TheGForceJunkie]

@@pumpkinchow Yeah of course, fangs. It's not a python 🤪

[@johnpelnar4301]

My favorite Genus , amazing snakes

[@LivingZoology]

Good choice! Thanks for watching!

[@RobertSmith-le8wp]

There’s a video of a guy in South Africa that got bit by a puff adder. It just nicked his thumb and he documented the whole experience. It was insane. His arm swelled up all the way to his shoulder nearly. I also read that it feels like your arm being dipped in boiling oil because of the necrosis. Pretty scary stuff

[@LivingZoology]

Yes, you don't want to get bitten by any of these snakes! The pain is terrible and the chance of loosing a finger or an arm even with the usage of antivenom is high.

[@josephd.5524]

absolutely stunning creatures!

[@LivingZoology]

They are! Thank you for watching!

[@connieembury1]

How common are cross breeds between Gaboon vipers and Rhinoceros vipers? Are their venoms similar enough for anti venom from one kind to work for the other?

[@LivingZoology]

In the wild, they are very rare. We are not aware of any study focused on the venom of gabinos (hybrids of these two).

[@bhanuprakash53]

Fantastic .. love from india ❤.. How often these vipers are dangerous from inland taipan which is worlds most dangerous venomous snake??

[@LivingZoology]

Thank you very much! The Inland taipan is the most venomous snake, not the most dangerous (means it bites many people, lives close to them, has potent venom). The Puff adder is a very dangerous snake, the other two species from this video live far away from people.

[@bhanuprakash53]

tq ❤

[@Leonbergerss]

vipers are the best. Love to see what venom does to things, venomous snake bites. venomous snakes vs venomous snake fights

[@LivingZoology]

Well, wait for our next video - the Black mamba vs. the Coastal taipan!

[@Leonbergerss]

@@LivingZoology can’t wait. Love you videos

[@nenad2427]

greetings, I'm sorry I didn't participate live, Gabonese viper is powerful but also so beautiful

[@LivingZoology]

No worries! Maybe next time! :) Gaboon viper is a stunning snake, we agree!

[@igorsvacic217]

@9:39 one of the most beautyfull puff adders I saw in my life

[@LivingZoology]

This one was beautiful, yes!

[@bssodeh-hb1xz]

The gabon viper is a monster, i never seen a big triangular head such as this.

[@LivingZoology]

Yes, they grow very big!

[@helenlogan6481]

My favourite gaboon viper

[@LivingZoology]

It is a very beautiful species!

[@limoucheu8522]

It is the first time I see a morph with red in Bitis arietans. A true marvelous variation with this species that it could be so variable. (My prefered morph is the south african one).

[@LivingZoology]

Puff adders are very variable! We found a really nice one in Togo recently 🙂

[@RobertSmith-le8wp]

You mean the one at around 8:27 ? That’s probably the most beautiful one I’ve seen. I wonder if Gaboons can breed with puff adders. They seem very similar

[@LivingZoology]

@@RobertSmith-le8wp No, Puff adders in this video are only from Kenya. We will show the Puff adder from Togo maybe in some future video 🙂 We heard about cases of hybridisation of a Gaboon viper and a Puff adder, but they are rare because these species usually live in different habitats.

[@limoucheu8522]

@@RobertSmith-le8wp Yes it is a beautiful morph but more typical than at 11:05. For arietans x gabonica hybridisation you have a good example in the Terralog Venomous snakes of Africa p113, from Tanzania. Cheers

[@village-Dreamer]

Gaboon viper is so chill.. quite unpredictable as well

[@LivingZoology]

Gaboon vipers are mostly calm, they are not very defensive.

[@CFarnwide]

The specimen at 4:41 didn’t even need venom! 😮

[@LivingZoology]

Yes, that was a small prey item!

[@Hireaga]

most people don't understand the devastating effects of venomous snakebites, it's the worst thing that could happen to anyone!

[@LivingZoology]

There are worse things, but it is definitely a terrible thing to be bitten by a venomous snake!

[@jamaalpeters9317]

Hey quick question are there any venomous snakes in Russia I swear I watched a documentary that showed rattlesnakes In Russia

[@LivingZoology]

Yes, there is for example the European adder or the Siberian pit viper. There are no rattlesnakes.

[@MFBURNS7909]

The snake hooks seem to be pointed at the ends. I hope I'm wrong

[@guido1270]

The pointed ends are not sharp. Snakes never get stuck by them. No worries.

[@LivingZoology]

The hooks are not sharp 🙂

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[@LivingZoology]

Just a few minutes left!

[@ewasaagacka6766]

Śmiercionośne piękności, nie chciałabym ich spotkać na swojej drodze.

[@LivingZoology]

These snakes are beautiful, we agree! But for people in Africa it is scary to find a Puff adder near a village, we understand!

[@MrsHgLamp]

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[@LivingZoology]

Thank you! 🙂

[@MFBURNS7909]

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[@LivingZoology]

Thank you!

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